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The COVID backlog: Record number of patients wait for care

Sky, 12 Mar 2021
Hospitals are having to balance caring for victims of coronavirus, with the treatment of patients with other conditions.

A record 4.66 million people were on NHS waiting lists in England at the end of January.

More than 300,000 people had been waiting more than a year.

Sky's Health Correspondent Ashish Joshi reports from Warrington where staff exhausted from the pandemic are trying to keep on top of patients needing treatment and care.

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